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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Forfeiture or Waiver of Right of Disposition"
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description: "Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Forfeiture or Waiver of Right of Disposition"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 147"
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citation: "Maryland SB 147 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Public Health", "Agents and Brokers", "Civil Actions", "Communications", "Contracts", "Cremation", "Death", "Divorce", "Family Law", "Forfeiture", "Funerals", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Liability", "Licenses", "Marriage", "Morticians", "Murder", "Notices", "Parents and Guardians", "Signatures", "Spouses", "Time"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-21"
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last_action: "2019-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2933ff5a-6813-41d0-ab3d-8fb11a672a5a"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB147&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "1541ea215bb0e109ca23b9bce99d7395f2af2b910af91ec19b83fbe681771564"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 147 (2019) — Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Forfeiture or Waiver of Right of Disposition
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0147f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Klausmeier — primary (person)
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- Augustine — cosponsor (person)
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- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Young — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-21** First Reading Finance and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-25** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
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- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {897075/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {726489/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-25** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (130-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Senate Concur - House Amendments
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- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Passed Enrolled
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- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 231 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2933ff5a-6813-41d0-ab3d-8fb11a672a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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